Saratoga Sale

When all was said and done, this year's Saratoga Select Yearling Sale on the Fasig-Tipton grounds just across from the race track, didn't look so very different from the previous two years. Monday started out with a nearly unprecedented 90% sold from the 71 yearlings sent through the ring, but that figure returned to reality when a more normal 71% of those sent through the ring sold on Tuesday night. It added up to 114 yearlings sold, which was a healthy 81% of the 141 offered, and was 69% of the 165 originally catalogued. In 2013, when just 152 yearlings were catalogued, 108 sold, which was actually 71% of those catalogued. This week's gross of $33,284,000 was up 4% from 2013, though the average dipped slightly, 2.5%, from $295,093 last year to $291,695 this year. Overall, the market was largely stable.

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